What's The Single Greatest Sporting Event You Have Witnessed In Person?
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THE YEAR WAS 1984 AND A YOUNG JOHNNY KNOCKDOWN THE GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPION WAS TURNING PRO.THE FIGHT WAS HELD IN LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS.JOHNNY KNOCKDOWN HIT THIS N-GERIAN WITH A LEFT HOOK 2 MINUTES INTO THE FIRST ROUND AND DOWN HE WENT I WAS RING SIDE AND SAW THE WHOLE THING LIVE.THIS WAS MY BEST LIVE EVENT.I SUPPOSE THE NEXT BEST THING WAS BEING AT GAME 6 OF THE 1975 WORLD SERIES WHEN BERNIE CARBO HIT THE HOME RUN TO TIE THE GAME IN THE 9TH AND THEN CARLTON FISK WON THE GAME OFF THE FLAG POLE
Bama/UT 5 OT times a couple years ago...
Great game.
Punt Bama Punt...Alabama leading Auburn 16-3 late in the game when Bill Newton blocked 2 Bama punts and David Langner returned them both for touchdowns. Auburn won 17-16. Awesome day for a 14 year old kid
If we had a worst events thread, both of these would be at the top my lists as a Bama fan :cursin:
Great game.
Punt Bama Punt...Alabama leading Auburn 16-3 late in the game when Bill Newton blocked 2 Bama punts and David Langner returned them both for touchdowns. Auburn won 17-16. Awesome day for a 14 year old kid
If we had a worst events thread, both of these would be at the top my lists as a Bama fan :cursin:
Ryder Cup at Oak Hill
Saw all three days. best moment was seeing Curtis Strange shaking like a leaf on 18 on Saturday afternoon. The tension was unbelievable.
Saw all three days. best moment was seeing Curtis Strange shaking like a leaf on 18 on Saturday afternoon. The tension was unbelievable.
May 1998, Wrigley Field.
I ditched school to go with a whole group of guys from school to a cubs game because a) it was a midday May game and it was half off tickets which unded up costing a measly $6 dollars, no joke and b) they hadn't named a starter and we had a suspicion that the much hyped Kerry Wood would be pitching.
We get there like 8 of us two hours before the first pitch. Bleacher seats, we are the first ones in the gates when they open the doors and back then and still today a bleacher seat is just a bleacher seat and you can sit wherever you want. We get right up against the left field wall front row.
Kerry Wood throws a no no with a 20k strikeout performance. Now you might not remember it as a no no but F-in Kevin Orie booted a play at third that they ruled a hit. Officially it was a 20k, no walk, one hit batter, one hitter but not in my eyes. By the way Shane Reynolds pitched a complete game as well with 10k's not bad.
Gracie went 2 for 3 but thanks for reminding me...... F-in KEVIN F-in ORIE....
But I did get a piece of ivey that I saved and the ticket stub.... Oh what could have been Kerry
Just looked it up:
Attendance 15758, crazy
I ditched school to go with a whole group of guys from school to a cubs game because a) it was a midday May game and it was half off tickets which unded up costing a measly $6 dollars, no joke and b) they hadn't named a starter and we had a suspicion that the much hyped Kerry Wood would be pitching.
We get there like 8 of us two hours before the first pitch. Bleacher seats, we are the first ones in the gates when they open the doors and back then and still today a bleacher seat is just a bleacher seat and you can sit wherever you want. We get right up against the left field wall front row.
Kerry Wood throws a no no with a 20k strikeout performance. Now you might not remember it as a no no but F-in Kevin Orie booted a play at third that they ruled a hit. Officially it was a 20k, no walk, one hit batter, one hitter but not in my eyes. By the way Shane Reynolds pitched a complete game as well with 10k's not bad.
Gracie went 2 for 3 but thanks for reminding me...... F-in KEVIN F-in ORIE....
But I did get a piece of ivey that I saved and the ticket stub.... Oh what could have been Kerry
Just looked it up:
Attendance 15758, crazy
A friend of mine in the Marine Corps and I where on leave back in 83' and this bar in the North Suburbs was leasing this bus to go to the harness races at either Hawthorne or Maywood race track can't remember which, I was tore up. Anyway, this buddy of ours John that always wore these crooked glasses gave us some mushrooms, hell we were on leave, so we ate them. Anyhow, its freezing out and we get on the bus with a keg and party all the way to the track. I had never been to a horse race before and decided to bet on horse number 7. There was an indoor grandstand that had this huge window looking out over the track. We sit down with a freshly purchased beer and I figure out that I am quite buzzed. Anyway, the race starts and the horses, unbeknownst to me, accelerate to a trot and I notice number 7 in the lead. I mention this to Dan, we giggle about the fact that we are triping our brains out behind this large T.V. screen. Number 7 comes around the back turn still in the lead and I quip "Go 7", we giggle a bit harder because someone looked at me weird. 7 comes around the final turn in the lead. I elbow Dan.."7....7.....here comes 7" we both kind of start laughing as I stand up and bend back over to hit him on the shoulder one last time and holler "7" as he crosses the finish line, when the elderly man behind me taps me on the shoulder and says, "Hey buddy, you know they go around twice don't you"? At which point Dan begins to absolutely howl with laughter as does everyone else in the ever decreasing windowed grandstand......................was friggin awesome for everyone but me.
gannon didn't know where the hell he was after the first snap. he looked lost out there. the defence was so good nobody could do chit against the ravens that year. gannon faked being hurt. excuses, excusesBleedDodgerBlue said:
1) Pats vs St.louis "greatest team on turf" Rams in SB 36. And to it being in N.O. PRICELESS.
2) Snow playoff game vs Raiders. The tuck game
3)Pedro vs Roger at the Stadium on Memorial W/End. Sunday night game of week. Trot took Roger Deep for a 2-1 win.
4)PC winning the Big East Tourney in 95 @ MSG.
2) Snow playoff game vs Raiders. The tuck game
3)Pedro vs Roger at the Stadium on Memorial W/End. Sunday night game of week. Trot took Roger Deep for a 2-1 win.
4)PC winning the Big East Tourney in 95 @ MSG.
Was at the Nolan Ryan - Robin Ventura fight August 4 1993
Was there for a buddies Batchlor Party, went to a Titty Bar, free entry with a Rangers Stub, I was the only one to surrender it, I paid the 5.00.
Present at the Last 20 Colonials, Great Sports Event every Year.
Was there for a buddies Batchlor Party, went to a Titty Bar, free entry with a Rangers Stub, I was the only one to surrender it, I paid the 5.00.
Present at the Last 20 Colonials, Great Sports Event every Year.
UNC vs. ILLinois in the 2005 NCAA title game in St. Louis. I had an 8-1 bet on UNC to win it all. I sat in a section of ILLinois fans and was the only Tar Heel supporter among 100 people near me.
John Dalys improbable march to victory at Crooked Stick Golf Club. In as the 9th alternante. My Dad let me out of school and we went all 4 days. I even got Big Johns signature on a program before he teed off, of course I had never heard of him. WOW!!!!!
Notre Dame had just beat mighty FSU and became the #1 team in the country
The only real Catholic school that plays football strolls into South Bend the next weekend. BC takes a huge lead.. blows it.. and David Gordon and gust of wind from God himself (showing he truely is a BC fan) pushes a field goal through giving BC a Huge win
(South Bend was/is a great place to see a game)
The only real Catholic school that plays football strolls into South Bend the next weekend. BC takes a huge lead.. blows it.. and David Gordon and gust of wind from God himself (showing he truely is a BC fan) pushes a field goal through giving BC a Huge win
(South Bend was/is a great place to see a game)
My 2nd was watching Mickelson win his first Masters in a great duel with Els on the back nine. To make it better, I had a ticket on Lefty in my back pocket from Imperial Palace in February that paid 11-1 dance2 dance2 dance2 I dont know who jumped higher when he made the putt on 18, me or him.
Okay, in all seriousness the greatest sporting event I have ever been at is without a doubt the 1991 NHL ALL STAR GAME at the "Madhouse on Madison Chicago Stadium" when Wayne Messmer sang the National Anthem just weeks after the start of the Gulf War.
Absolutely unbelievable...still makes me cry when I watch the video....if you look closely towards the end of the video you can see me waving the flag............you would have to know me and be looking for me though. Heres the link I hope. Then just scroll down to 1991 all star game and click and enjoy.........turn up volume for full effect
Chicago Stadium
Absolutely unbelievable...still makes me cry when I watch the video....if you look closely towards the end of the video you can see me waving the flag............you would have to know me and be looking for me though. Heres the link I hope. Then just scroll down to 1991 all star game and click and enjoy.........turn up volume for full effect
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World Series......KC throws the pitch that makes Pete bite dirt.....counterfiet ticket and parking pass framed....
GREATEST....1967 NAIA National Championship Game in downtown KC, MO...with my DAD
St. Benedicts 71 vs Oklahoma Baptist 65
World Series......KC throws the pitch that makes Pete bite dirt.....counterfiet ticket and parking pass framed....
GREATEST....1967 NAIA National Championship Game in downtown KC, MO...with my DAD
St. Benedicts 71 vs Oklahoma Baptist 65
1.rangers/devils 94 game 6 messiers guarante
2.94 world cup quarterfinals,bugaria upsets germany and a star was born.stoichkov
3.lakers/nets nba finals game 3 .im a laker fan,not a great game but just being at the finals a few rows behind magic johnson was very cool.
2.94 world cup quarterfinals,bugaria upsets germany and a star was born.stoichkov
3.lakers/nets nba finals game 3 .im a laker fan,not a great game but just being at the finals a few rows behind magic johnson was very cool.
.......you would have to know me and be looking for me though. Heres the link I hope. Then just scroll down to 1991 all star game and click and enjoy.........turn up volume for full effect
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Very nice FDC,....first & only hockey game I've been to was in Nashville....game stopped while The President spoke to the Nation.....I sat with a Cop during His speech...uncuffed
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Very nice FDC,....first & only hockey game I've been to was in Nashville....game stopped while The President spoke to the Nation.....I sat with a Cop during His speech...uncuffed
